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Ever seen a Hummingbird clearwing moth?

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Triplenickle

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http://galloimages.zenfolio.com/p430645100/?photo=649738193

I have never heard of them until I saw this little fella feeding on my butterfly bush then I see another one on a hike yesterday and snapped the image above. I was lucky as these things are very fast.. thanks to the 40D high frames/sec rate and some luck!

Note the curled up proboscis.. I have other cool pics on it in my Hummingbird clearwing moth gallery on my website!
 
That is one cool little critter. You should drop by the "Photo of the day" thread and share some of your interesting finds 🙂.
 
😱 It looks like a flying shrimp, very cool! Thanks for sharing, great photos, 2 and 3 are my favorites.
 
I've seen a good few of those at some point, I thought they were pretty fantastic. I can't remember where... I have half a feeling that it may have been in Europe at some point, I wonder what their distribution is?

Good to see a photo!
 
I saw one in our flower garden a year or two ago. I really thought it was a tiny hummingbird until it landed. They sound very much alike.
 
Thanks for the photo. My wife and I saw one a few weeks ago (western Canada) and wondered what it was. I didn't have a chance to run inside for a camera before it was gone.

Greg
 
Oh cool! I get these every year in my garden but never knew what they were called. They're very fast and quite elusive, good job getting a picture.
 
I was curious so did a google and found a this site with additional photos.

They are reported to live in the "eastern half of the U.S. and Canada"... so why haven't I ever seen one?
 
Wow! Awesome pictures of that little bugger. He's funky looking! It does look like a flying shrimp... his tail is so weird.
 
Thanks for all the comments folks... did I tell you I saw this initial one on Friday last week then the next day, I saw one on a nature hike? The fourth pic in the Hummingbird clearwing moth gallery is a pic from that one, with the curled up proboscis... so I never saw one in my 53 years (that I recognized) and then I see TWO in two days.... just plain lucky..

Mark
 
Triplenickle said:
http://galloimages.zenfolio.com/p430645100/?photo=649738193

I have never heard of them until I saw this little fella feeding on my butterfly bush then I see another one on a hike yesterday and snapped the image above. I was lucky as these things are very fast.. thanks to the 40D high frames/sec rate and some luck!

Note the curled up proboscis.. I have other cool pics on it in my Hummingbird clearwing moth gallery on my website!
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You must live in FL, I have seen these here in Citrus County
 
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